Army of Shadows (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD)
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
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- Number of Discs: 2
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 7, 2020
- Originally Released: 1969
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel & Simone Signoret | |
Performer: | Paul Crauchet | |
Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
Edited by | Françoise Bonnot | |
Screenplay by | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
Original story by | Joseph Kessel | |
Director of Photography: | Pierre Lhomme & Walter Wottitz |
Entertainment Reviews:
Made with the confidence and skill of a master director working at the peak of his powers, ARMY OF SHADOWS is so uncompromising it took Melville 25 years to get it made.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 4/4 --
Place it squarely in the category of overlooked gems.
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Detroit Free Press
Rating: B+ --
For anyone interested in the impact of war on ordinary men, Army of Shadows proves a sobering and invaluable experience.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rating: A- --
This memorable movie movingly pays tribute to those who chose not to remain silent, to those ordinary men and women who chose to do extraordinary things... from the shadows.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rating: A --
As bleak as it is compelling, it will leave you wondering if these freedom fighters haven't done more damage to each other than they have to the Nazi aggressors.
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Looking Closer
Rating: 4/4 --
one of those blessed pictures in which all elements, from its writing through to its editing, coalesce into a work of profound philosophical and emotional unity
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Cinema Writer
Rating: 4/4 --
From the first sight of German soldiers goose-stepping past the Arc de Triomphe to a postscript that spells out the fate of characters whose moral confusion is all too real, Army of Shadows is a movie of its time -- and ours.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Well-known for his influential crime films (LE SAMOURAI, LE CERCLE ROUGE), director Jean-Pierre Melville explores the lives of French Resistance fighters in his moody World War II masterpiece, ARMY OF SHADOWS. Restrained and controlled, the film follows Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) and other members of the underground as they carry out clandestine missions against Nazi occupiers. And while there are some exciting scenes (air drops, escape attempts), the film largely avoids action-film histrionics. Its tone is a subdued one and tension results from its quiet moments, interrupted by brief, jarring violence. This is appropriate, given the film's subject matter. Silence is the guiding principle of espionage and the film's look--bruised and penumbral--reflects the tenuous position of its characters, who live divided, imperiled existences. There is no glib heroism in ARMY OF SHADOWS; there are only people living through untenable situations, acting as is necessary and sacrificing, perhaps, everything.
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